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Cake day: December 20th, 2023

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  • I think you should not be allowed to breed someone into existence when you have the date of their murder already in your calendar.

    Well, that’s how we differ. All emotionally charged language aside, I’d rather see animals see some life than no life at all.

    Besides, with the way you put it, this looks less and less like a genuine wish to unpack my views and more like an attempt to debate it.

    I believe that we can and should make farming practices better, making a better life for these animals. And I think that, even with the views you have, you will agree it would at least be better than what we currently see.


  • Sure!

    First off, it’s not that these animals would live otherwise. They can’t survive in the wild, the only reason they exist at all at this scale is because there is an economic incentive to keep them - namely, meat, eggs, milk etc. Would you rather have them live a short live or not even be born because their parents died in the wild?

    Second, perfect is the enemy of the good. Most people won’t stop eating meat no matter what you tell them, so, regardless of your stance, a push for more ethical farming is beneficial.









  • yt-dlp is amazing, but not everyone likes to use CLI tools (and, looking down the thread, not everyone prefers native packets as they may cause dependency issues and need extra tools for permissions control).

    Even in a geeky Linux space, many people just want to push a button in a nice interface and get what they want. This app provides just that.

    Abandon elitism, embrace variety. And use the tools you prefer - after all, plenty of Linux video/music downloaders have yt-dlp under the hood, and I use it on a regular.






  • Crusts like this generally require a lot of steam in the oven

    Fair enough!

    And shaping/forming a loaf that stays tall when being baked on a flat surface takes skill, lots of practice and experience.

    Or a fairly inexpensive machine that will do it for you. Of course though, there’s a special pleasure in making a truly artisan bread with your own hands. But hey, it’s not that hard if you know what you’re doing. Best to see it in action.

    But then again, I speak from the side of low-scale industrial baking. For a home baker, all this machinery will be an overkill.


  • Nuclear power is non-intermittent and can be used pretty much anywhere. With a push for small-scale reactors, there’s a good chance for smaller places to get their own nuclear power plant, reducing stress on the national grid, and for power plants to be constructed in a much shorter timeframe.

    Also, both Russia and China have floating nuclear power plants that can be transported to regions with water access on demand.

    Solar and wind are cool, and quite cheap by themselves, but energy storage is a massive and expensive headache and limited placement options mean the grid should be robust enough to accommodate them with minimal power losses.